She Received No Love-
she was a beautiful baby girl,
born in love but grew with none
that would teach her it’s meaning,
her mother, an alcoholic/bi-polar
her father never around to guide her,
starving and love neglected, this child
soon became a big sister to a baby girl
created out of deceit
at five years old, she watched over
her sister, when mom was passed out
or with someone other than dad,
yet she received no love…
she sometimes went for days without
food for herself or the baby
mom spent the money on cigarettes
and beer, mom couldn’t understand
at ten, mom and dad divorced, she and
her sister were now in her mom’s care
she was all alone and frightened
and she received no love…
neglected, abused, she struggled for
acceptance from someone, somewhere,
her mother was good at hiding their
situation from family members
soon, mom got so bad she gave the
girls to their father and step mother
who abused them, locked them away,
still she received no love..
at fifteen, she begged to live with
her loving grandparents,
they loved her and guided her to
jesus, where she got nurtured in love
she graduated high school
and married a young man who
her aunt arranged for her to meet,
she loved where she received no love…
she bore two lovely girls
whom she raised with love,
endeared by the family that raised her,
saved from a home, where she received no love…
Copyright © 2010 By Caryl S. Muzzey
Copyright © Caryl Muzzey | Year Posted 2010
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